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1. Living BeyondYourself A Very Functional Family

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8. How to Raise Junior

9. A functional family is a loving and learning community

10. Friends and teachers may pass through life but family is at the core of life.

11. Ephesians 6:1-4 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”-which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

12. Ephesians 6:1-4 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

13. The Children's Responsibility

14. A Call For Action- Obedience 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

15. There is something in me that does not want to submit to others.

16. My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother… Proverbs 6:20

17. Obey your parents in the Lord • “obey your Christian parents” • “obey for the Lord’s sake”

18. Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. Colossians 3:20

19. “If you won’t get along with your parents, you won’t get along with God.”

20. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

21. Four “D”s • Disobedience = Discipline • Disrespect = Discipline • Dishonesty = Discipline • Doing Harm = Discipline

22. A Call for Proper Attitude 2 “Honor your father and mother”

23. A Call for Proper Attitude 2 “Honor your father and mother”-which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

24. Proverbs 26:11 - As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

25. Proverbs 19:3 - A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

26. Proverbs 17:25 - A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

27. What am I doing that needs to change in order to have a better relationship with my parents?

28. The Parent's Responsibility

29. 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

30. There is a call for Attitude 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children

31. “exasperate” means to provoke, irritate, frustrate or annoy greatly

32. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance” Franklin P. Jones

33. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Colossians 3:21

34. Positive parents build relationships that bond, not come unglued.

35. 1 Thessalonians 2:7,8 We were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.

36. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

37. The stronger the relationship with your child the more likely they will embrace your values and your beliefs. • The weaker the relationship with your child the less likely they will embrace your values and your beliefs.

38. There is a call for Aptitude ...instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

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40. Training Instruction for Proper Care Ephesians 5:29-30 - After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church...

41. Training 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

42. Instruction Discipline Hebrews 12:5-7 - And you have forgotten that word of encourage-ment that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

43. Instruction 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.” 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

44. As you call children to the target, model the target!

45. 1 Corinthians 4:15-17 Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

46. 17 For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

47. He takes time for me. 2. He listens to me. 3. He plays with me. 4. He invites me to go places with him. 5. He lets me help him.

48. 6.He treats my mother well. 7. He lets me say what I think. 8. He’s nice to my friends. 9. He only punishes me when I deserve it. 10. He isn’t afraid to admit when he’s wrong.

49. What am I doing that needs to change in order to have a better relationship with my children?

50. Parents nurture and children grow!